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The servant replied, "Second Master, those two people are Xing'er's parents and fiancé. They said they are here to take her back to get married."

Li Yuanming's mind buzzed. Wasn't that Xing'er the servant girl who replaced Xi'er's body that his mother had mentioned to him in the afternoon?

How could it be such a coincidence!

At this moment, Li Yuanming finally remembered where he had seen the young man.

Half a month ago, he just came back from work and saw his mother taking a bag of change from this man and then handing him a contract of sale.

He didn't take it to heart at the time and just glanced at it casually, not even asking his mother who the slave girl who came to redeem herself was.

The person the mother killed in the afternoon was a good citizen!

Li Yuanming had goose bumps all over his body at this moment.

Immediately ran towards Shulanyuan.

As a result, he ran head-on into Xu who was rushing towards him like a madman.

Li Yuanming grabbed her and said, "Mother!"

Xu was in a trance. When she saw Li Yuanming pulling her, tears immediately came down.

She held her son's hand tightly, not even feeling her nails digging into the flesh.

"Yuan, Yuanming, I killed someone, and he was an honest citizen. What should I do? They will never let me go, and they will make me pay with my life."

Li Yuanming was so hurt by her grip that he had no choice but to hold Xu's hand back: "Mother, please don't panic. Tell me, who else knows about this?"

"Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Lin and I worked together. She tied the man up, and I strangled her to death with a white silk scarf."

Li Yuanming pursed his lips and whispered something in Xu's ear.

Xu looked at her son blankly.

Li Yuanming stared into her eyes and said, "Mother, remember what I told you just now. Put all the blame on Aunt Lin. You don't know anything about this matter. She was the one who killed the person. It has nothing to do with you."

Xu was so frightened that she was trembling all over. In the decades she had been in the backyard of the Duke's Mansion, there were at least seven or eight slaves who had died at her hands, if not three or five.

But those were servants who sold themselves into slavery, and no one would care even if they died.

But Xing'er is different, she is no longer a servant in the Duke's Mansion.

Anyone who kills an innocent citizen must pay with his life.

She has no imperial decree.

"But what if she refuses to plead guilty?"

A hint of ruthlessness flashed across Li Yuanming's eyes. He immediately waved to a guard in the courtyard to come over and whispered a few instructions.

After hearing this, the guard immediately nodded and left with a few sturdy servants.

"Where is Mrs. Lin?"

Xu then remembered that she was in a hurry and didn't pay any attention to her: "I, I don't know."

"Quick, find the person immediately."

At this moment, Mrs. Lin was being watched from afar by people sent by Hongshuang.

As soon as Xing'er's parents and fiancé arrived at Shulanyuan, they felt that the atmosphere was wrong.

They just came to take a servant home, why did they alarm the Duke, the Duchess and the Princess?

They didn't think too much about it and quickly knelt down to pay their respects.

He was supported by Li Shuangwan and others.

The young man seemed a little shy and uneasy: "Duke, Madam Duke, Princess, I am Ding Quan. I came here today to take Xing'er back home."

His face turned red. "The original date was yesterday, but now it has been postponed for a month. No, but it's good this way, so that she can spend more time with her father-in-law and mother-in-law. Xing'er has served Aunt Tong for more than ten years, and she hasn't been with her parents for a few days."

The middle-aged woman smiled and said, "Yes, this child is only thinking about making more money. Over the years, she only comes home to visit me and her father once a month on her day off."

"We were quite regretful at first, saying that our child had grown up but hadn't stayed with us for a few days, and now she's getting married again."

"Lord Duke, Madame Duke, Princess, thank you for taking care of my Xing'er."

Several people looked embarrassed.

"Hey, where is Xing'er? Why doesn't she come out? This kid is really something. The master is here, why doesn't she come out?" The middle-aged woman looked inside in confusion, but followed the rules and didn't dare to be too presumptuous.

Li Shuangwan really couldn't bear to look at them any longer.

They are just a few honest people, and my fiancé is also a kind and loyal man.

But unfortunately, Xing'er is not as good as they say.

In her previous life, she was the one who leaked information for Fang Yuqian, causing chaos in the entire General's Mansion.

As someone who is associated with women like Xing'er and Fang Yuqian, it is natural that she herself is not a good person either.

Although she had been released from the mansion and married Ding Quan, she, like Fang Yuqian, could not stand the loneliness during the time when Ding Quan enlisted in Li's army to suppress bandits.

It wasn't long before she hooked up with him and had affairs with several of the servants.

The truth would eventually come to light. Ding Quan returned with his father and brother, and within a few days he discovered that something was wrong with his wife.

Then he discovered the affair between her and Fang Yuqian.

Ding Quan felt extremely sick and was about to report to his brother.

Xing'er was afraid that if the plan failed, she would die a miserable death, so she used sweet words, threats and warnings to calm Ding Quan down.

He said he came to Fang Yuqian to break up the relationship, but he secretly asked Fang Yuqian for a packet of poison.

After returning home, she immediately and cruelly used the poison to kill the man.

These things were discovered bit by bit after her brother found out what Fang Yuqian had done, which drove their mother crazy and led to her killing Fang Yuqian with a knife.

She had already hated Xing'er to the core.

If keeping her was not useful, she would have killed such a servant long ago.

Therefore, Li Shuangwan would not tell her when Hongshuang came to report that the person chosen by Xu was Xing'er and asked her if she wanted to help save her.

She shook her head and refused.

Li Huaiying sighed and said, "Madam, I'm afraid Xing'er won't be able to go back with you."

Xing'er's mother, Zhao, looked at Li Huaiying in surprise. Just as she was about to ask why, Chen Ping arrived with Fan Jiang, the judicial officer of the Jingzhao government.

Fan Jiang bowed to Li Huaiying and said, "My Lord, I received a report that a murder occurred in the Shulan Courtyard of the Duke's Mansion. A good girl was killed."

Li Huaiying nodded and stepped aside, saying, "Thank you, Master Fan."

Fan Jiang immediately took his men in.

At this time, the Zhao couple and Ding Quan felt something was wrong.

Zhao's eyes immediately turned red, and she looked at Zhu Anhe eagerly: "Madam, the Duke's wife, I am your daughter..."

Li Shuangwan reached out to support Zhao and helped her sit on a chair nearby: "Madam Zhao, this happened suddenly. We just received the news and immediately reported it to the authorities. Please accept my condolences."

When Ding Quan heard this, he rushed over.

Hongshuang reached out to stop him.

Ding Quan realized his impoliteness and quickly took two steps back, but his eyes were fixed on Li Shuangwan, hoping that he had just heard it wrong.

"Princess, what do you mean?"

Li Shuangwan sighed softly: "Xing'er is dead."

Ding Quan's face turned pale.